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W. BRAMMER.

BUNDLING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED- FEB. 6. 1919.

Patented'June 17; 1919.

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WILLIAM BRAMMER, 0F HAVERI-IILL, MASSACHUSETTS.

BUNDLING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 11116 1'7, 1919,

' Application filed. February 6, 1919. Serial No. 275,327.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BRAMMER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Haverhill, county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, haveinvented an Improvement in Bundling Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a form of clamping or binding device,primarily designed and adapted for use in shoe factories to bindtogether, in a bundle, a stack of shoe uppers, before they are fitted orassembled.

It has been common practice for shoe cutters, after having finishedcuttinga certaln lot of upper pieces, to tie these pieces in a bundlewith twine, so that they may be read ily carried to another portion ofthe factory, without being disarranged or lost. A considerable expensefor twine is thus involved, aside from difficulties arising through thebreaking open of the bundles, which sometimes occurs.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of simple andinexpensive construction with which a stack of shoe upper pieces, orlike articles, may be readily clamped together, and which may be usedrepeatedly for this purpose, and will not be likely to be injured by theordinary wear and tear of factory use.

I accomplish this object by the means shown in the accompanying drawing,in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device.

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view.

As shown in the drawing, the device c0mprises a bottom member a and atop member I), each consisting of an oblong or rectangular shaped wireframe, the side portions thereof being parallel and spaced apart asuitable distance, according to the material to be held thereby. TheWires of which the frame are constructed are stiff, so that they cannotbe bent readily. The end portions of the 'bottom fram a are formed toprovide ears 0 and d at the middle thereof, and two sections of chain 6and f of similar length,

are permanently attached thereto, respectively, the length of saidchains being suflicient for all requirements. The chain c, which isattached to ear 0 at one end, is also permanently attached at itsopposite end, to a similar ear 9 formed in the middle of one end-portionof the upper frame I), and a hook it is formed by the end link of thechain at this point, which is adapted to be engaged in any one of thelinks thereof, so that it may, in eifect, be temporarily shortened.

A short prong or finger i is formed on the opposite end portion of theupper frame I), which is arranged to be engaged in any one of the linksof the other chain section f.

In using the device, the upper leather pieces are laid in a stack on thelower frame a, as they are cut, and, when the required number to bebound together have been thus arranged, the frame I; is laid on top ofthe stack and pressed down and the chain 6 is shortened by means of thehook it to any extent which may be necessary. The opposite end of thetop frame is then pressed down and the chain f is drawn up until thestack is firmly clamped between the frames, and then one of the links ofthe chain f is caught on the prong 2', so that the frames will be heldtogether in the position to which they were pressed.

The wires of the frames will thus be pressed to an extent into theyielding stack of leather or like material as indicated in Fig. 3, sothat the latter will be securely held therebetween and may be carriedabout in any convenient manner without danger of breakin open thebundle.

As all the parts are permanently connected, there is no danger of anyparts being lost or misplaced when the device is not in use, or is beingmoved about the factory, and when not in use it occupies but littlespace. It is also of durable construction, so that the probability ofits being damaged is remote.

I claim:

A. bundling device of the character described comprising a pair ofoblong frames of stiff wire, a chain section permanently connected atone end to one frame and at the opposite end to the other frame atcorreframes at the opposite end, and a projection sponding ends of saidframes, a hook concorrespondingly arranged on the other frame nected toone of said frames at the point at and adapted to be engaged With thelinks of 10 which said chain section is connected thereto, said lastnamed chain section.

said hook being ar anged to be engaged with In testimony whereof, I havesigned my different links of said chain section, a chain name to thisspecification. section permanently connected to one of said VILLIAMBRAMMER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner 01 Patents, Washington, D. G.

